Button-setting instrument



.(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

J. P. ATWOOD.

V BUTTON SETTING INSTRUMENT. I No. 285,782. Patented Oct. 2, 1883.

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JAMES F. ATWOOD, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

BUTTON-SETTING INSTRU M ENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 285,782, dated October2, 1883.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J AMES F. A'rwoon, of Boston, in the county ofSuffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Instruments for Setting Buttons, of which the followingis a specification.

This is an instrument for securing buttons to articles or garments,preferably to those made from textile fabric; and it is particularly IOadaptedto be applied in securing the buttons by means of abutton-fastening device made of wire bent into the form of a staple,having arms of unequal length, and each arm terminating in a hook, suchdevice being illustrated I 5 in the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of a button-setting instrumentembodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a section on line as, Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of the needle enlarged. Fig. 4 is anenlarged view of the wire-fastening, to utilize which mysetting-instrument is especially constructed. Fig. 5 is a view of abutton with the fastening device in position to be 'grasped by thesetting-instrument. Figs. 6, 7, and 8 are views of thesetting-instrument in the different positions assumed at differentstages of the operation below described, Figs. 6 and 7 being plans, thelatter with the ring P removed, and Fig. 8

an elevation. Fig. 9 is a sectional view of the a button, fabric, andsetting-instrument at the last stage of the operation.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

A and A are, respectively, the longer and shorter arms of thestaple-shaped wire, which is adapted, by means of my instrument, tofasten the button B to the garment, of which O is the outer and O theinner thickness. The- 0 arms A and A terminate, respectively,in hooks aand a.

The setting instrument consists of a tubular case, D, of which D is thecap, and which is provided with a longitudinal slot, d, provided, 7

of the needle E on the cloth, say, one-half an Application filedFebruary 28, 1883. (No model.)

in the slide G, in which is a spring, 9, and

above the spring a bolt, K, provided with the notches or grooves K. TheboltK is of a size to fit into the enlarged openings d (1, excepting atthe grooves K, where its neck is of a size to slip easily in the slot d.(See Figs. 1 and 2.) When the bolt, which, for convenience sake is heldin a sliding ring, P, is in the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2, it isheld in. the forward enlarged opening 01 by the spring 9, and the needleE is extended. To withdraw theneedle, the bolt K is pressed down untilthe notches or grooves K reach the case D, and the bolt is carried backby the power of the spring-H against the slide G through the slot 01 tothe rear enlarged opening (1, into which it springs. A small screw, L,extending from the ring P into the slot (1, acts as a buffer for thebolt K, and strikes the forward end of said slot in place of the bolt.The opening (2 can be omitted, if desired. Longitudinal grooves E and Eare formed in the needle E, in front of and connecting with the eyes orslots e and e respectively, for reasons below explained.

The operation of setting the button is as follows: Pass the wire throughthe button-holes into the position shown in Fig. 5, the said wire beingsmall enough and the hooks bent close enough to it to allow of suchpassage. Place the setting-instrument in the position shown in Fig. 1-i;6., with the needle extended and the bolt K in the opening (1. Place thepoint 5 inch from the place'where the button belongs. Push it in throughthe first thickness, 0, and partly through the second thickness, 0, andthen out at the surface where the button belongs. Then catch the hook aon the long arm 0 L A of the wire in the inner slot, e, the said hook alying in the groove E, (see Fig. 3,) so

as not to catch in the goods or enlarge the hole ,made therein by theneedle, and the instrument is in the position shown in Fig. 6. Next,draw the hook a through by withdrawing the instrument, as shown in Fig.7. Next, leave the hook a and long arm Aproj ecting through, and push inthe needle E again, without, however, entering the second thickness,O,'and out through the surface, and then catch the hook a on the shortarm A in the slot 0, said hook a lying in the groove E, all as shown inFig. 8, and draw this hook and arm through the cloth. The two arms A Aare now both outside the surface of the cloth, and their hooks to a inthe slots 6 0. Now draw them through tightly, press in the bolt K, andthe needle will be withdrawn into the case D, and twist the arms of thewire firmly, as in Fig. 9. When they are sufliciently twisted, cut themof near the cloth, straighten out the goods, and the remainder of thewire will slip in between the thicknesses G G, lying flat therein,concealed from View.

One of the slots in the needle could be omitted; but two are preferred.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In an instrument for setting buttons, the needle E, provided with oneor more slots, 0, and one or more grooves, E, constructed and arrangedsubstantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. In an instrument for setting buttons, the combination of the casingD, provided with thefixed mouth-piece I, the needle E, provided with oneor more slots, 0, the spring 11,

and the slide G, all constructed and arranged substantially as and forthe purpose set forth. 3. In an instrument for setting buttons, thecombination, with the casing D, provided with the slot d, having one ormore enlargements JAMES F. ATWOOD.

Witnesses:

HENRY W. lVILLrAMs, J OSEPI-I ISHBAUGH.

